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[[Image:Hermann_Park_Texas.jpg|thumb|right|A view of the [[reflecting pool]] and [[Sam Houston]] statue in Hermann Park.]]

'''Hermann Park''' is one of [[Houston]]'s finest and most-visited public parks. Situated between Fannin Street and North Macgregor Way, it is within walking distance from the [[Texas Medical Center]] and within a few miles of [[Rice University]], the [[Houston Museum District|Museum District]], [[Third Ward]], the historic [[Astrodome]] and [[Reliant Stadium]] (home stadium for the [[Houston Texans]]). The land which it occupies was presented to the City of Houston by [[George Hermann]] in [[1914]].
'''Hermann Park''' is one of [[Houston]]'s finest and most-visited public parks. Situated between Fannin Street and North Macgregor Way, it is within walking distance from the [[Texas Medical Center]] and within a few miles of [[Rice University]], the [[Houston Museum District|Museum District]], [[Third Ward]], the historic [[Astrodome]] and [[Reliant Stadium]] (home stadium for the [[Houston Texans]]). The land which it occupies was presented to the City of Houston by [[George Hermann]] in [[1914]].



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A view of the reflecting pool and Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park.

Hermann Park is one of Houston's finest and most-visited public parks. Situated between Fannin Street and North Macgregor Way, it is within walking distance from the Texas Medical Center and within a few miles of Rice University, the Museum District, Third Ward, the historic Astrodome and Reliant Stadium (home stadium for the Houston Texans). The land which it occupies was presented to the City of Houston by George Hermann in 1914.

This historic 445-acre park space is home to numerous cultural institutions including the Houston Zoo, Houston Garden Center, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston Museum of Natural Science, and the Hermann Park Golf Course, which was the first desegregated public golf course in the United States.

After falling into a period of disrepair in the 1980s, a group of committed Houstonians formed the non-profit Friends of Hermann Park (FHP) "to encourage the development of more attractive, usable green space in Hermann Park and to promote the restoration of the Park to its originally intended standards of beauty."[1] In 2004, Friends of Hermann Park was renamed Hermann Park Conservancy (HPC).

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